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Synopsis: A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the reluctant leader of her working-class neighbors in their struggle to save their homes from political and corporate interests bent on seizing the land and handing it over to Pfizer Corporation. Susette's battle goes all the way to the US Supreme Court and the controversial 5-4 decision in Kelo vs. City of New London gave government officials the power to bulldoze a neighborhood for the benefit of a multibillion-dollar corporation. The decision outraged Americans across the political spectrum, and that passion fueled reforms that helped curb eminent domain abuse.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Courtney Balaker
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.3
Year:
2017
98 min
114 Views


if you know what I mean.

Even her own husband

has never seen her unkempt,

shall we say.

[CHARLOTTE]

Those of us who are blessed

with gifts must design

a better world for the poor.

- But first...

- [WOMAN ON PA] Mr. Governor.

Charlotte Wells

here to see you.

Send her in.

- Charlotte.

- [CHARLOTTE] Peter.

Thanks for coming

on such short notice.

[CHARLOTTE]

Always lovely to see you.

Mr. Governor.

Strong handshake.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [GOVERNOR] Please.

[PETER] We take this

blighted plot of land

by the sewage treatment plant

and we redevelop it.

We lure a world-class company

to build some high-tech facility

and boom.

Add jobs, tax revenue,

economic miracle.

[GOVERNOR] It'll certainly

compliment the work

you've already been doing.

We rescue a struggling

blue-collar city,

- and everyone wins.

- Well, Mr. Governor...

I've been in the trenches,

and it is a tall task

trying to pull off

something like this

in a town that takes

five years to approve

a stop sign.

All we need is the land.

Land under jurisdiction

of a mayor

who would give zero support.

The State of Connecticut

will make sure that you succeed.

N-L-D-C.

New London

Development Corporation.

It sounds familiar.

NLDC was established in 1978

with the goal of assisting

with economic development.

Oh, that's right.

[GOVERNOR]

It's been gathering dust

ever since, so,

we simply dust it off

and give it to you.

How generous.

Now, why would you do that?

[PETER]

You lead the NLDC,

but the city officials

are familiar with it,

so, they're comfortable.

The NLDC finds a worthy project,

and it gets funded

thanks to the governor.

I simply just can't be the face

of the operation, obviously.

Just the mastermind.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you sleep on it?

I have a fundraiser.

[CLEARS THROAT]

It has been such a pleasure.

Mm-hm.

Hmm.

[PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?

- [TIM] Hi, it's Tim LeBlanc here.

Your number came up

on my caller ID.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I must have misdialed.

Sorry about that.

- [TIM] Okay, well, I thought...

- Thank you.

- [TIM] ...maybe you were the

customer who came in...

Listen, I can't...

I can't buy anything.

I can't donate anything.

I apologize, it was a mistake,

and would you please

take me off your list?

- [TIM] [INDISTINCT]

- Okay? Thanks a lot.

- Bye-bye.

- [TIM] Okay.

I'm not actually

a telemarketer...

[SUSETTE]

[SIGHS]

Oh, shoot.

[TIM] If you go down this aisle,

you'll see picture frames

up on the... up on the left.

Yeah.

[PHONE RINGING]

Hi. Tim LeBlanc,

telemarketer speaking.

[SUSETTE]

I'm so sorry.

Anyway, are you open right now?

You know what? I'm gonna be here

right up to the point

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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